Bed-bottom.



No. 158,276. PATBNTED 123.215, 1904.

;r. G.' PEAGE. BBD BOTTOM.

. APPLICATION FILED 00T. 9. 1902.

` No MoDnL. i L j' Patented April 26, 1.904.

UNITED STATES y PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN G. PEACE, OF MIOANOPY, FLORIDA.

BED-BOTTOM.

spncrnrcATIoNlformJ-ng part of Letters Patent No. 758,276, dated April 2e, i904.

Application filed October 9, 1902.

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Be it known that I, J oHN G. PEACE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Micanopy, in the county of Alachua and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed-Bottoms, of which the following is a full,'clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. f

My invention relates to a bed-bottom having springs incorporated therein and a structure embodying lightness and adaptability to ordinary bedsteads without the requirement of the usual bed-slats for the support of the bed-bottom.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointedV out in the claim.

Figure I is a top or plan view of my bedf bottom. Fig. II is a longitudinal section taken on line II II, Fig. I. Fig. III is an enlarged section taken on line III III, Fig. I. Fig. IV is an enlarged section taken on line IV IV, Fig. I, through the supporting-rod at one end of the bed-bottom and showing aside view of one of the resilient wires attached to said rod. Fig. V is a view illustrating the extensibility of the resilient wire-supporting rod partially in section, taken on line V V, Fig. I. Fig. VI is a perspective view of one Yof the wire-holding bar-supporting brackets. Fig. VII is a perspective view of a second wire-holding bar-supporting bracket.

1 designates the posts of the bedstead, to which the end rails 2 and side rails y3 are secured.

4 designates brackets having U-shaped sockets 5 and secured to the inside faces of the bedstead side rails 3 at either end of the bedand VI.) The sockets of the brackets 6 and arranged in the cross-bar 11. the extension-rods 12 I am enabled to adapt Serial No. 126,414. (No model.)

8 are open at their ends facing the adjacent end rail 2 of the bedstead, and they are adapted to receive a cross-bar 10, which is introduced rstinto the U-shaped socket of the bracket 6 and is then dropped intothe L-shaped socket of the vbracket 8, the object of producing the sockets of different shapes being to permit the seating of the cross-bar with the brackets 'from that occupied by the cross-bar' 10 and is supported by extension-rods '12, that seat in the sockets of the brackets 4 and are movably By the use of the cross bar 11 to bedsteads of different widths, the only requirement necessary to lit the bar to the bedstead being the proper withdrawal of the extension-rods to permit their being seated in the sockets of the brackets 4. The cross-bar 10 is made of wood and may therefore be of sufcient length to permit its being reduced by sawing off a portion of it to adapt it to the width of bedstead to which thebed-bottom is to be applied..

13 and 13' designate wires, each connected at one end to the cross-bar 10 by bending the end 14 of the wire at an angle and inserting it through the cross-bar, as illustrated in Fig. III. By inserting the angle-pointslaof the Wires into holes in the cross-bar 10, in which they tit snugly, I provide a simple and eilicient attachment of the Wires to said cross-bar and one by which the Wires are'securely and firmly held to the cross-'bar after being connected thereto, while at the same time they are removably connected to said bar in a manner to permit their easy attachment at any time. The wires'13 extend from the crossbar 10 to a crossing line near the longitudinal center of the bedstead and have connected to them coil-springs 15, that occupy positions approximately midway of the length of the bedstead, the said springs being thereby ar- 'Ico 13 and which occupy a position corresponding to that occupied by the shoulders of a person lying upon the'bed.

17 designates resilient wires that are connected to the coil-springs 15, and 17' designates resilient wires that are connected to the coilsprings 16. The resiliency of thewires 17 and 17' is obtained through the medium of coils 18 and 18', that are formed from the wires and wrapped aroundl'the cross-bar 11. The coils. are loosely wound on said cross-bar and terminate in loops, as seen at 19 in Fig. that are applied to the wires to retain the co1 s.

20'designates tension-strips that are woven alternately between the wires 13 and 13', there being two of said strips arranged in proximity to each other. One of these strips passes- 21 designates tension-strips woven or threaded between the wires 17 and 17 in the same manner as the strips 2O in connection with the wires 13 and 13'. By moving the tension-strips toward each other the wires are drawn taut throughout the bedstead by reason of their being stretched as a result of the strips forcing them out of straight lines, due to the crossing of the wires between the strips, as illustrated in Fig. IH.

I claim as my invention- In a bed-bottom, the combination with the side rails of three approximately U-shaped brackets, two being secured to the side rails near one end of the bed and one being secured near the opposite end of the bed, an approxi mately L-shaped bracket secured near that end of the bed that is provided with only one U-shaped bracket,` a pair of cross-bars, un-

broken alternate long and short wires secured JOHN G. PEACE.

' In presence of- E.' S. KNIGHT,

M. P. SMrrH. 

